0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06the show that pitches TV's best-loved antiques experts
0:00:06 > 0:00:10against each other in an all-out battle for profit...
0:00:10 > 0:00:13I'm a double-your-money girl.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16..and gives you the insider's view of the trade.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18You've got to be in it to win it.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22Each week, one pair of duelling dealers
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- will face a different daily challenge...- Lovely!
0:00:25 > 0:00:26We've got some work to do, let's go.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30..putting their own money and their hard-earned reputations on the line
0:00:30 > 0:00:36as they see who can make the most money from buying and selling.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Get in there. Ha, ha, ha!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Today, veteran showman of the rostrum
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Charlie "the Charmer" Ross...
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- Here we go.- ..pits his wits and antique-buying muscle
0:00:47 > 0:00:50against the woman who'll never stint on the vintage,
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Katherine "The Great" Higgins.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00Coming up, Charlie's chirpy chatter leads to a bidding blunder...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03..and while I was talking, they sold it.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06..Katherine has her eye on a potential prize-winning profit...
0:01:06 > 0:01:09I think there's money to be made here.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12How much remains to be seen, but it's definitely a winner.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13And when it comes to selling,
0:01:13 > 0:01:18Charlie finds out there's nothing like a dame...
0:01:18 > 0:01:19What do you want?!
0:01:19 > 0:01:23It's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Prepare yourselves for an epic battle of the sexes,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43as taking each other on today
0:01:43 > 0:01:45are two of the most formidable antiquarian opposites
0:01:45 > 0:01:48ever to walk the earth...
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Don't be fooled by our first contender's legendary charm.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59He's the dapper and debonair dealer with the big personality...
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I've just bought something.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03..and a ruthless eye for the prize.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07It's the mercurial master of the auction arts...
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Cigar, sir?
0:02:10 > 0:02:15And his eye-catching adversary is dazzling but deadly.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17Nearly had a deal there.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Her fiery determination and knockout antiques knowledge
0:02:20 > 0:02:23pack a very unladylike punch.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's the ice-cool Queen of the Collectables...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Less than top estimate. Bingo.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33This clash of the connoisseurs
0:02:33 > 0:02:36gets underway at Sworder's saleroom in Stansted Mountfitchet,
0:02:36 > 0:02:41where there's a hefty 845 lots up for grabs.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Both our dealers have each stumped up £1,000 of their own cash
0:02:44 > 0:02:48and every penny of profit goes to their chosen charities.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52So, Charlie Ross and Katherine Higgins,
0:02:52 > 0:02:56it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- Katherine, good morning. - Good morning, Charlie.- It's cold.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Have you got a note of what you've got to spend?
0:03:05 > 0:03:07£1,000, but it's not actually 1,000,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- because you take out the buyer's premium...- Oh, yes.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12It's about 800, isn't it?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- We've got to be canny buyers today. - You are always a canny buyer.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18But it's my first time here.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22There'll be plenty of things, good quality, nice auctioneer, lovely cup of coffee.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Can't go wrong.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Together, this dynamic duo might seem like the perfect match
0:03:29 > 0:03:32of suave smoothie and striking sophisticate.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36But when they're pitted against each other, it's a no-holds-barred
0:03:36 > 0:03:40barnstormer of a battle, as they tussle to take each other down.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Our Titanic twosome leap straight into action,
0:03:44 > 0:03:48scoping out as many of the wares as they can before the bidding starts.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50And our mistress of miscellanea
0:03:50 > 0:03:53is planning on group buying to win this bout.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57My strategy today is all about maximising profit,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00probably out of group lots.
0:04:00 > 0:04:06So, say something is estimated at £50 and it's got ten items in it,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10then each of those items individually, you could sell those for £20 or £30 each,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12so that does maximise your profit.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Whether it will work has yet to be proved.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20And our favourite tweedy type has his own title-winning strategy,
0:04:20 > 0:04:24which he reckons will have this fight in the bag.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27The real problem with a saleroom is you mark up a few lots
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and if you don't buy them,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32you get under more and more pressure as the day goes on.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36So my strategy is to look at some early lots
0:04:36 > 0:04:37and get them bought straightaway.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41But it's Katherine who's first to spot some items
0:04:41 > 0:04:43that she thinks could help her to victory.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45This is what really excites me.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Look inside here. Oh, my gosh.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51This is someone's wedding.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53These are lovely photographs.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I suppose you... It's one of those classic lots
0:04:56 > 0:05:00where you have to buy the trunk in order to buy the photographs.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02I love Charlie to bits but he's got no X-ray vision
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and he just can't see through things like this.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I can, so I'm one step ahead.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10One step ahead always.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13Yes, with superior powers like that,
0:05:13 > 0:05:18it's no wonder she's known as Katherine The Great.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23And she's showing no fear of putting a very stylish boot
0:05:23 > 0:05:25into the Charmer from the get-go.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28So, while the great one is choosing her weapons,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Charlie the Charmer is weighing up some precious metal.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35It's a composite lot. There are two pairs of cufflinks
0:05:35 > 0:05:38and a ring. But what really took my eye
0:05:38 > 0:05:45was that there are a pair of John F Kennedy cufflinks here
0:05:45 > 0:05:50and also a pair of French gold cufflinks. Quite like this lot.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52If you buy a composite lot,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56you've got three different chances of getting a profit.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Hang on, that sounds like Katherine's strategy.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Has the Charmer been ear-wigging?
0:06:01 > 0:06:06The great one is eyeing up some jewellery fit for a queen.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08This is where I'm going off the rails
0:06:08 > 0:06:11because I'm looking at buying something I really like myself.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15I should be keeping my financial head on, but it's just so beautiful.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Why is it great? It's an Austro-Hungarian ring.
0:06:18 > 0:06:24It's dating from about 1870s. Beautifully tooled, very elegant
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and I think the estimate is £50 to £80.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30It's on the front cover of the catalogue - not a good sign -
0:06:30 > 0:06:34but I guess it shows that I have got impeccable taste.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36That's what it's all about.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Mmm, she's no shrinking violet,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41but she may have made a bit of a tactical boo-boo.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46The auction has started and our lady is still rifling through the wares,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50which gives her dashing opponent free rein on the bidding floor.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52the Charmer's first lot is up.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55French gold cufflinks. Do I see 240? 280.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00300. 320. 340. 360.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02380. 400.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03420...
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Charlie's embroiled in a bidding war.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09480. £480, on my right...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Oh, it's one of those days, Rossco.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Mark something up at 450 quid. Listen to it.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15640, on the right. Selling at 640.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20640 plus premium, of course, would be my whole budget in one go.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Ooh, what a blow for the Charmer.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26His first attempt at a purchase dashed in flames.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31And to make matters worse, his foe has entered the fray.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33My lot is just about to come up.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Katherine's Austro-Hungarian garnet ring is next under the hammer.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I think Katherine is about to bid on something.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43He's looking as though he's going to bid on this lot.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It's really cat and mouse this, isn't it?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51She keeps peeping over to see what I'm going to be bidding for.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Austro-Hungarian garnet, there we are.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58£70 is bid, 80 where now? £70 is bid.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- 80.- Here.- 70. 80. Lady's bid at 80.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02Takes it from the commission. So?
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- 552.- 552, thank you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06She's bought something!
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Yes, Katherine makes the first purchase of the day...
0:08:09 > 0:08:10What the heck was that?
0:08:10 > 0:08:15..bagging the garnet ring for a total of £99.20, including fees,
0:08:15 > 0:08:17and she's chuffed to bits.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Less than top estimate. Bingo.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24But it's an enthusiasm not shared by the Charmer.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28She has just bought an Austro-Hungarian
0:08:28 > 0:08:30garnet and turquoise set ring.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Yuck.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Fired by her success, Katherine's bidding again,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38this time on a gilt pendant reliquary.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40552, thank you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:46And again, she strikes, securing the pendant for £74.40, including fees.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I think it's a great piece of British history.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56This sort of reliquary would have been worn at the end of a rosary,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58used very much as part of the accessory
0:08:58 > 0:09:01for religious worship in the Tudor era.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04I'd love to unite it with somebody who is passionate about Tudor history.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Our great lady is now ahead by two purchases,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10while her opponent is struggling.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12No more.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15the Charmer's just lost out on another set of cufflinks.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I get the impression this is a bit of a one-sided competition.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21It is at the moment, Charlie, old bean.
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Frustrated twice in a row?
0:09:22 > 0:09:25the Charmer is starting to feel the pressure,
0:09:25 > 0:09:27but his rival is merciless.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29She's spotted another Austro-Hungarian piece -
0:09:29 > 0:09:32a brooch - and she's going for it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- 552, is it?- Thank you.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38That's a third purchase for the great one,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41at a cost of £55.80, including fees.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Our laughing lady is racing away with this competition,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48leaving the Charmer in her wake.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50They're ghastly to my taste,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53but then I suppose a lot of people would say I have no taste.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Ghastly to you they may be, Charlie,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58but you're still three purchases behind, sir!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01And Katherine couldn't be more thrilled.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04When you see a piece of Victorian jewellery for just under £50,
0:10:04 > 0:10:05you've just got to buy it.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09It seems extraordinary that it is so cheap, really.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13It's a lovely piece, not only because it looks great from the front,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15but the back is equally nicely designed.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19I think it would look smashing on any lady's outfit. Look at me here.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Wonderful. That goes perfectly with what I'm wearing.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23Since I can't have it,
0:10:23 > 0:10:26I've got to find somebody who will equally appreciate it.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I think there's money to be made here.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32How much remains to be seen, but it's definitely a winner.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Well! So far, Charlie the Charmer's talked the talk,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37but he hasn't made a single buy.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Here we go.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43He's now got his beady eye on a Tiffany & Co sewing case.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Come on, Charlie!
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Tiffany, most famously known, of course, for its glasswork.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55There's a lot of chat over there, but not very much action.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57This is an ivory sewing case...
0:10:58 > 0:11:00..called a necessaire.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I'm going to do my Mr Ross impression now.
0:11:03 > 0:11:04This is...
0:11:04 > 0:11:08# You've got a beautiful smile
0:11:08 > 0:11:10# You're obsessed with talking!
0:11:10 > 0:11:12# You'll be coming to bed...#
0:11:12 > 0:11:15- About 1910, 1890... - # Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit...#
0:11:15 > 0:11:18It's a very high quality lot.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Recognise anyone, Charlie?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And while I was talking, they sold it.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Oh, disaster.- 705.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27So, the moral of that story, Rossco,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30is don't rabbit on about the lots you're about to buy,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34because by the time they come up, you've missed them.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Stung for the third time today,
0:11:37 > 0:11:41the Charmer is spurred into bidding on a pair of silver saucepans.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- He has them. - I've just bought something!
0:11:44 > 0:11:45507, thank you.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Oh, my gosh. It's his first buy.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- Well, I never did. - # Alleluia... #
0:11:50 > 0:11:51And about time too!
0:11:51 > 0:11:56With commission, Rossco's just spent £136.40
0:11:56 > 0:11:58on a lot he didn't even view before he started bidding.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03He's taken a huge gamble, but will it pay off?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Two sauce boats,
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Chester, 1927, not a lot of weight but a lot of style.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13Look at that. You'd think they were 18th century, looking at them.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Hooped feet...
0:12:15 > 0:12:17scrolling handles.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Very nice.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Phew! the Charmer could have come a right cropper there.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Our dapper dealer is back in the game
0:12:25 > 0:12:29and now he's got his eye on a job lot of silver items.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35It's catalogued as two silver vinaigrettes,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38a child's silver rattle
0:12:38 > 0:12:41and two silver boxes, and that's exactly what we've got here.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45A decent George III box,
0:12:45 > 0:12:49with nice, chaste engraving on it
0:12:49 > 0:12:50and this, in fact, is a vesta.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53There is your striker for your match.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Here, you have a vinaigrette.
0:12:55 > 0:13:01Put your little wad in there with your smelling salts.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05And then finally, we've got the child's rattle here,
0:13:05 > 0:13:06which is silver.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Um, it's got damage.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13The rattles here, all the way round,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17but they're not all the way round because you can see one, two, three
0:13:17 > 0:13:20little brackets missing there...
0:13:20 > 0:13:24So, very ornate but damaged.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26As the bidding begins,
0:13:26 > 0:13:28and with Katherine still two buys ahead of him,
0:13:28 > 0:13:31it's crunch time for Charlie.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32God, that was close.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Yes, the Charmer triumphs by a nose,
0:13:36 > 0:13:37notching up his second purchase
0:13:37 > 0:13:42for a hefty £545.60, including fees.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45That is over half his budget in one fell swoop
0:13:45 > 0:13:48and that brave buy puts him right back in the race.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- It's a baby's game, this. - SHE LAUGHS
0:13:51 > 0:13:52Who's your script writer?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Me.- You need to change it.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Ooh! Well! With that war of words over,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01our two powerhouse profiteers retire to their corners.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05Time, then, to see how much they've spent so far.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Charlie and Katherine both arrived today
0:14:07 > 0:14:09with £1,000 of their own money to spend.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Katherine The Great was quick off the mark,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15bagging three purchases for £229.40,
0:14:15 > 0:14:19leaving her £770 still to spend...
0:14:21 > 0:14:24..while Charlie the Charmer battled through his early frustrations
0:14:24 > 0:14:28to buy two items and spent a total of £682,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31leaving him with 318 in his kitty.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Today's bruising battle between our antiques avengers is ramping up.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40They're watching each other like hawks
0:14:40 > 0:14:47and our resident charmer is about to prove he's an expert in psychological warfare
0:14:47 > 0:14:49with a little bit of taking the mick.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Now this is Katherine Higgins.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58Head nearly on the roof, new wig, flash coat,
0:14:58 > 0:15:03very enthusiastic about things that I think look awful.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Charlie, it's more about this.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09And I have it, and you don't.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13I think she's referencing the fact that I have very little in the hair department.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17He just can't do glamour. He just can't do it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19At least mine is an acceptable colour.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Mi-aow! The claws are most definitely out.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31Nothing is going to stop our red queen from seeking out ways of getting one up on her opponent.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36She's got her eye fixed on a set of 11 signed celebrity photographs.
0:15:37 > 0:15:3992, £40 is bid....
0:15:39 > 0:15:41# Falling in love again... #
0:15:41 > 0:15:46But, when the bidding starts, there's a mischievous glint in The Charmer's eye.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48At 45...
0:15:48 > 0:15:50And he's bidding!
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Five...
0:15:52 > 0:15:53Can't help it.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Oh, and he's got them.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59The silver-tongued assassin snatches the vintage snaps
0:15:59 > 0:16:05from under Katherine's nose for £55.80, including fees.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Rossco, your luck is changing.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- Did you buy those? - I did.- Botheration.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- I was going to nip in and...- You can have one, with a small profit.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20- Which one would you like? - That's a good buy.- Goodbye! - It's a good buy. Goodbye!
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Yes, The Charmer's got one up there, and reveals his favourite
0:16:24 > 0:16:27of the photos he's swiped from his red rival.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32They're all great images, but this, I think, is particularly good.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And this is Marcel Marceau, the master of mime.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40Genius, a complete genius. But, er, I'm very thrilled with it.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Some will be worth a few pounds more than others but,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47if you average them out at £10 each, that's £110.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51That is doubling my money, there or thereabouts.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Fighting talk from The Charmer,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56but Katherine the Great hits back hard and fast.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57She bids on - and wins -
0:16:57 > 0:17:00a World War I officer's service record,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04with letters and photographs, for £62, including fees.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08The Red Lady means business.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Next up, she's bidding on a mixed lot, which includes two tea sets
0:17:11 > 0:17:13and a cut-glass table lamp.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18She wins the lot for £55.80, including fees.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23and there's one part of this group buy that she has no doubts about.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28This is a fantastic screamingly Deco tea service by Alfred Meakin.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Nice, established Staffordshire pottery firm. I love it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35It's got that sort of zig-zag decoration,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37lovely, vibrant orange colours,
0:17:37 > 0:17:41the little detail, the line around the inside of the rim,
0:17:41 > 0:17:47which matches the delicately painted line on the handle itself.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Very, very neat. Very, very decorative.
0:17:50 > 0:17:51# Another one bites the dust. #
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Katherine the Great is on a roll.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55I went on a bit of a spending spree, then.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57And, with a quick one-two,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00she lands another one smack-bang on The Charmer's chin,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04with the purchase of a portfolio of watercolours and etchings
0:18:04 > 0:18:06for £68.20.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09What I caught a glimpse of was this.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11It's a folio of pictures,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16but it was this image of an Edwardian lady,
0:18:16 > 0:18:18just casually sitting and relaxing.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22It's a really wonderful piece of artwork and I can see
0:18:22 > 0:18:25that a costume collector would really like to have that.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Katherine is now racing away again,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32racking up six purchases to The Charmer's three.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Next on her shopping list is a lot she spotted a earlier,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39which contains some old 78s and sheet music.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- 552. - Bing Crosby would be proud of me.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49And Katherine snatches up the lot for £22.32, including fees.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Katherine is in complete control of the game,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59and cements her lead when she goes for her eighth lot,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02a group of decorative plates,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05and bags them for a cost of £49.60, including fees.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Katherine has upped her lead to a staggering eight purchases
0:19:11 > 0:19:13to Charlie's three.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Where has that Charmer got to?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Oh, there he is.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20And, to prove he's not larking about, The Charmer has picked out
0:19:20 > 0:19:23an item that could put him back in the frame.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29This is a modern gilt mirror, the sort of thing that might be given away, almost, in a saleroom.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34Certainly wouldn't make much money, but, if you went into a retail shop to buy it,
0:19:34 > 0:19:36you'd pay quite a bit of money for it.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39The snag with this lot - I looked it up in the catalogue,
0:19:39 > 0:19:41and do you know what it said?
0:19:41 > 0:19:46It said, "A large gilt-framed mirror,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50"together with... a large modern landscape."
0:19:53 > 0:20:01That is the most ghastly picture I have ever seen in my life.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Not to your taste, then, Rossco.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09But can the Charmer make any headway on Katherine by getting hold of that mirror?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12No more, sir. Not a penny more.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Oh, no! Charlie takes a beating yet again.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20The Charmer's running out of chances. But all is not yet lost.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- What's your next one? - You wait and see.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28Charlie's got his eye on this signed print of a World War II Lancaster bomber.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- £20!- Oh, yes!
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Yes, look at the delight.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37The Charmer bags purchase number four for just £24.80,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39including fees.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42And there's no doubt that this is the purchase
0:20:42 > 0:20:43Charlie's been holding out for.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47I can't be more thrilled with any other purchase today.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Here we have the Lancaster bomber,
0:20:49 > 0:20:54which was the British number-one bomber in the Second World War.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59This is signed by Leonard Cheshire, who got the VC,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02who was probably the most famous...
0:21:04 > 0:21:06..bomber crew member in the whole war.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09But there must be plenty of people
0:21:09 > 0:21:11that would like an iconic memory
0:21:11 > 0:21:14of the Bomber Command in the Second World War.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18As the end of this auction draws ever nearer,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21both our daring dealers are still looking for the bargains
0:21:21 > 0:21:23that could swing the competition.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27The Charmer has spotted a lot he likes, but could it be out of his league?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33I like a good rocking horse. Nicely carved.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36It needs a little bit of restoration, but it's Edwardian.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Its estimate - 200 to 300.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I wouldn't mind it for a couple of hundred.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Although he's only notched up four purchases,
0:21:44 > 0:21:47The Charmer has spent a lot more than his opponent,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50who's still got almost £500 left to spend.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53And it's Katherine who makes a play for the rocking horse,
0:21:53 > 0:21:58and wins it for £359.60, including fees,
0:21:58 > 0:22:01getting her own back on Charlie's vintage-snap stealing
0:22:01 > 0:22:02earlier in the day.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08It's nicely carved, it's got lovely facial detailing.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10It's not perfect, it's not brilliant.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14I must be able to improve on what I paid. Whether I will double my money is another question.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17And with that, the auction draws to a close.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19The gavel gets its final bang
0:22:19 > 0:22:24and the lucky buyers congratulate themselves on purchases well made.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27So, how much of their £1,000 budgets
0:22:27 > 0:22:31did our battling behemoths finally spend?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Charlie the Charmer's strategy of buying early
0:22:33 > 0:22:35wasn't exactly successful.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40He bought only four lots, spending a total of £760.60.
0:22:40 > 0:22:45Katherine the Great stuck to her strategy of buying group lots,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47going in hard, fast and often,
0:22:47 > 0:22:52bagging a total of nine purchases and spending £847.92.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00So which of our duelling dealers is set to win today's battle of the sexes?
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Before the selling spree starts,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06Katherine and Charlie size up each other's spoils.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11I'm sorry, but there's the quality end of the table, isn't there?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- And there's the sort of drossy end. - There is quality here.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19I, personally, find that ring the most attractive thing.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21And I don't think I'm going to be alone.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I'm sure you know what you're doing with that.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26- You're clearly a baby at heart. - Missing the odd bauble.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- The baby is not going to be bothered by that.- Everything I've got has got potential,
0:23:30 > 0:23:34and, yeah, I think you've got SOME potential there.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36I found it extraordinary how quickly the budget went.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41I bought something for 500 quid, which is this mixed lot,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44and then the sauce boats, and then there wasn't much left.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48- You'll have fun selling that lot, won't you?- I can't wait. It'll be very entertaining.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I can't wait either.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Having bagged all their auction booty,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00our antiques avengers now face an even tougher challenge -
0:24:00 > 0:24:02to sell it all.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Their aim is to make as much profit as they possibly can
0:24:05 > 0:24:09and all that money will be going to their chosen charities.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Our heroes head for home to plot out their selling campaigns.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16The Charmer, to the idyll of eye-catching Oxfordshire.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22And the Great One to the cool chic of her apartment in cosmopolitan London.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26There's no time to lose, and, straightaway,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29the Charmer is assessing his mighty haul.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Actually, I'm very happy with what I've bought.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37I'm particularly happy with the Leonard Cheshire signed limited-edition print.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41These vestas and vinaigrettes are fabulous.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45I've got a good chance, splitting them up, of making a profit.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I love the signed photographs, particularly the one of Marcel Marceau,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52and the sauce boats are pleasing
0:24:52 > 0:24:54although they are 20th-century items.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58And what of our Red Queen?
0:24:58 > 0:25:01How does Katherine the Great rate the weapons in her armoury?
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I'm beginning to panic, actually. I have got quite a lot of things to sell.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10I had a blitz at that auction and I have begun a trail to find
0:25:10 > 0:25:17someone who has Hungarian links, a bit of Hungarian in their family.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Someone who would really appreciate the Austro-Hungarian ring,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23and the potential that it has as a future collectable.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26And I've also got this Austro-Hungarian brooch.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30I think I will probably sell that onto a specialist dealer in Austro-Hungarian jewellery.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Gosh, this was a group lot but I've got clever ideas
0:25:33 > 0:25:36for the three directions this could take.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40This folio of drawings - it was a gift, really.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Each one of these illustrations has got something
0:25:44 > 0:25:45that will attract a buyer.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49Katherine will also have to shift a reliquary,
0:25:49 > 0:25:54a rocking horse, some 78 records and sheet music,
0:25:54 > 0:25:58a World War I officer's record with photos, and some plates.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Nothing like a bit of hard work for a girl.
0:26:01 > 0:26:09Our two determined dealers must now hit the phones as they go all out to find buyers for their items.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13But until they've shaken on it and the money's changed hands, no deal is truly sealed.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Charlie the Charmer is one step ahead
0:26:16 > 0:26:18of Katherine the Great straightaway.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22While at the auction, he was approached by a collector
0:26:22 > 0:26:28who was interested in one piece of the silverware that Charlie bought for £540.60.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31It was the larger of the two vesta boxes.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35So the Charmer has invited the potential purchaser back
0:26:35 > 0:26:37to Rossco Towers.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Is that as you remember it?
0:26:41 > 0:26:46Now that I see it in the daylight, it looks, yes, the same, but, um...
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- But nicer.- I can see the slight blemishes on it today
0:26:49 > 0:26:51in the sunlight.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56John Wilmot is the maker and I think it dates to 1898.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59What do you think? £150?
0:26:59 > 0:27:02As an Irishman, I would like a deal.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06I will settle on £140 as the cartouche is engraved.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09So I'd knock a little bit off for that.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I should have asked you for £160. Then you might have offered me £150.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15- Ha-ha! I think £140 is fine. - Thank you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19It's a flying start for Charlie's first piece of silverware
0:27:19 > 0:27:24and the wily veteran also pins down a deal for the smaller vesta box
0:27:24 > 0:27:29for £125, along with one of the vinaigrettes for £40,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32which means he still has two pieces left to sell.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36In his campaign to shift the second vinaigrette,
0:27:36 > 0:27:41Charlie makes up trip to silver dealer Daniel, in London's West End.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45- There it is.- Instantly, looking at it, you can see with this engine turning, it hasn't been worn.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49Imagine that going in and out of a pocket, being handled and polished,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51you start getting smooth patches on it, and it's not,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53it's really crisp. That's really nice.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57- £210?- I think that's very fair. £210, I think that's incredibly fair.- Marvellous.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Charlie, lovely to see you.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02So with that humdinger of a deal done,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Charlie just has one piece of his silverware lot left to sell -
0:28:05 > 0:28:08that silver rattle.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Only then will he know how much profit he's made on the whole lot.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Time for Katherine to enter the fray.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Heading for the Shropshire countryside,
0:28:18 > 0:28:23where she's lined up a sale of the rocking horse she spent £359.60 on.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26She's meeting specialist dealer and restorer Sally.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- I feel like a child in a sweet shop here.- So do I!
0:28:30 > 0:28:34I think we probably have the largest collection in the country.
0:28:34 > 0:28:39One thing, instantly, I can see you're not afraid of condition.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43The main thing about the horses that look perhaps a little forlorn now
0:28:43 > 0:28:46is that they've been very well loved in the past.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50There's something very sad about seeing a horse that isn't or hasn't been loved.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54So, can Sally work her magic on this particular horse?
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Well, there we go. The moment of truth. What do you think?
0:28:58 > 0:29:03- He's been well loved, hasn't he? - Yes!- He's had some adventures.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04He has had adventures, actually.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Do you have a price in mind?
0:29:06 > 0:29:11Around about the £500-ish mark.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13OK.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16I would go to £480.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21£480 sounds a very decent and fair price.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- Thank you.- OK.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28So the flame-haired vixen of vintage makes a galloping profit of £120.40
0:29:28 > 0:29:31on the rocking horse,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34putting the pressure right back on the Charmer...
0:29:34 > 0:29:37who is concentrating on another of his group buys.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41He's headed for the Richmond Theatre in Surrey
0:29:41 > 0:29:45with the vintage signed photographs he so deftly swiped from under Katherine's nose.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49What's going on here? Cinderella. Who's in it?
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Graham Hoadly, great old mate of mine, and his passion,
0:29:52 > 0:29:54apart from being on the stage,
0:29:54 > 0:29:59is collecting signed photographs of great stars.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03HIGH-PITCHED VOCAL EXERCISES
0:30:04 > 0:30:09Sounds like Hoadly to me.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13What do you want?! Oh, it's you.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- How are you, Graham?- I'm all right, Charlie. Come on in.- Thank you.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Come for some beauty tips, have you? He goes for girls with hairy chests.
0:30:23 > 0:30:28- Before we carry on, I'm going to take my wig off.- Oh, all right.
0:30:28 > 0:30:34I shampooed my hair with Wash and Go. I did, and it went, ha!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- Here we go.- Right.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40- Ah. Now that's Isabel Jay. - Now who have we got here?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- Someone in a rather sexy pose. - A very sexy pose.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48That's Gabrielle Ray, who was a great picture postcard beauty.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- Who have we got here? - That's Lillian Gish.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56Great, great silent film star. Went on into the sound period, of course.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- Well, that, that's Fay Compton. - That's a name I've heard.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Well, yeah, she's very well known. She appeared in films later on
0:31:03 > 0:31:06but she was a great theatre star.
0:31:06 > 0:31:12Ah, Gertie Gitana. Gertie Gitana. I believe her name was, at one point,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16rhyming slang for "banana", so, "I'm going to have a nice Gertie Gitana."
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- You can't live without these, can you?- I can't.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22No, what do you mean I can't live without them?!
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Are you trying to sell me them?- I am.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26I'm not that interested now you say that.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- They're kind of dull, these people. - 100 quid?
0:31:30 > 0:31:32- 70?- 90?
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- 85.- I think that's fantastic.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Shaking on £85 for the ten photographs has given Charlie
0:31:38 > 0:31:40a profit of £29.20 already,
0:31:40 > 0:31:46with the photo of the mime legend Marcel Marceau still left to sell.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50Sterling work from the Charmer. And Katherine's no slouch either
0:31:50 > 0:31:55when it comes to travelling the length and breadth of the country on the trail of a sale.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59She's motored to a china sourcing company in Warwickshire
0:31:59 > 0:32:00with her two tea sets.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03120 for that and then you give this for free.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07- I tell you what, £130 for everything. Does that sound good to you?- OK.
0:32:07 > 0:32:13And it's a lip-smacking sale of £130 for the Great One's crockery.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16And she sells the glass candle holder that she brought along
0:32:16 > 0:32:18with the tea sets for an additional fiver.
0:32:18 > 0:32:24So her total profit on this group lot comes to £79.20.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Why not treat yourself to a nice, reviving cuppa, Katherine?
0:32:28 > 0:32:33The Charmer has been researching his Lancaster bomber print,
0:32:33 > 0:32:37signed by the original Dambuster himself, Leonard Cheshire.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39And he's now on his way down to London
0:32:39 > 0:32:45and the headquarters of the charity founded by this World War II hero.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Can Charlie fly in and get a good deal with Managing Director Elias?
0:32:49 > 0:32:52I would like to see a couple of hundred pounds for it.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- I tell you what, can we put it up there?- Yeah.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59This will give me a better sense of what it's going to look like.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01That is nice.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05I tell you what, I tell you what, 110 quid,
0:33:05 > 0:33:08I think, is actually a very generous price.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12- Do you?- Yes.- What about 175?
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- I think 150.- Put it there. - Thank you.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19That's brilliant. I'm thrilled it's here. Thank you very much.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24So Charlie's bang on target, and after framing costs,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27takes off with a profit of £106.60.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Both our antiques avengers have been chasing
0:33:32 > 0:33:35up and down the country and the sales are racking up.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Charlie is off to a great start with six sales,
0:33:38 > 0:33:41five of them from job lots,
0:33:41 > 0:33:44and he's made a profit so far of £105.20.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Katherine has sold just two of her lots at this midway stage
0:33:48 > 0:33:52but is sitting on a pretty profit of £199.60.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57Having notched up nine buys at the auction to Charlie's four,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Katherine's got to crack on.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04After researching her packed portfolio of prints,
0:34:04 > 0:34:08she's identified the Oxford pub that features in one of them.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14I really like detective work. I like completing the story.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18The best part of that has been identifying all those scenes
0:34:18 > 0:34:20from that folio of pictures and drawings
0:34:20 > 0:34:23that I bought at the auction.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27So without further delay, our modern Miss Marple hits the road
0:34:27 > 0:34:31to present the newly framed print to the pub's marketing manager, Amanda.
0:34:31 > 0:34:36I think this painting's just amazing. It's got so much history and heritage,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39and it's so relevant to the local area.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- It'll just be amazing hung up in this site.- OK. You like it.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46Pictures come at a price, I'm afraid.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50- What about, er, 110?- 110 sounds good.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55For £110, I might actually even hang it on your wall myself.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58And with more prints in the portfolio to sell
0:34:58 > 0:35:00before we know the extent of her profit,
0:35:00 > 0:35:04our rampaging redhead heads down to Findon in East Sussex
0:35:04 > 0:35:07with a print featuring the village's sheep fair.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Her sleuthing skills have led her to Alastair,
0:35:10 > 0:35:13who helps run the fair today.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16And he's not sheepish about paying £125 for the print.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- You've got a deal.- Deal done. - Thank you very much.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25And the mean queen of the vintage scene goes on
0:35:25 > 0:35:28to sell a selection of the other prints from the portfolio
0:35:28 > 0:35:31online for a total of £300.61,
0:35:31 > 0:35:34which, after deducting framing costs,
0:35:34 > 0:35:39gives her a total profit on the entire lot of £457.43.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49And now pray silence, for the Charmer is about to attempt to sell
0:35:49 > 0:35:52the last of his signed photographs, Marcel Marceau.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58He's back in Oxford and hoping to win over theatre director
0:35:58 > 0:36:01and mime enthusiast, Guy.
0:36:01 > 0:36:05JAUNTY GALLIC MUSIC
0:37:06 > 0:37:09What a result for the Charmer.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12That £20 by means that his total profit from the signed photos
0:37:12 > 0:37:15comes to £49.20.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Katherine the Great has still got six sales left to make.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23She parts with her Austro-Hungarian brooch
0:37:23 > 0:37:25for a small loss of £1.80.
0:37:28 > 0:37:33But she's hoping to better that with the sale of the Austro-Hungarian ring.
0:37:34 > 0:37:39So she heads for Surrey to target her contact, Grace.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Well, my father's Hungarian, so I've got a real interest
0:37:42 > 0:37:47and affinity, but never really explored the jewellery side.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49So I think it's really exciting.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51All the right noises are coming from your side.
0:37:51 > 0:37:56It's liked, you have an affinity with it, there's a heritage link.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58But it's that million-dollar question.
0:37:58 > 0:38:04I would have a price tag of about £500 on it.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Wow!
0:38:06 > 0:38:12So, how much can Katherine make on the ring? We'll reveal all later.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Now, the Charmer has sold four pieces of silver from his group buy.
0:38:16 > 0:38:21But he's still got the most intriguing piece left, a baby's rattle.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24So he's back in London to meet silver dealer Martin.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28The maker's mark is JA, which I think is for Joseph Angell.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- A name of which I've heard. - Quite a distinguished,
0:38:31 > 0:38:37top-ranking London silversmith between 1810, 1820.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- And what is this?- It's coral. - Is it coral?!- It's coral.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42From the eastern Mediterranean.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Coral was used in rattles like this as a chewing stick
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- for the teething child. - Is it worth £400?
0:38:49 > 0:38:53I think it probably would have been had it had one or two more bells to it.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58I think I'd give you, in this condition,
0:38:58 > 0:38:59£300 for it.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- What about meeting me halfway? - I'll tell you what, we'll deal at 340 if you pay for the coffees.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- OK?- Done!
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Charlie's got to make sure he factors in the costs of the coffee,
0:39:08 > 0:39:13but with that top dollar deal he's made a total profit
0:39:13 > 0:39:16on the group lot of silver of £305.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20With the Charmer going great guns on the silver front,
0:39:20 > 0:39:25he makes a saucy little profit of £13.60 on his pair of sauce boats.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28That means this charming man is done and dusted.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34So, what of Katherine's remaining four lots?
0:39:34 > 0:39:37The sheet music sold online for £29.65
0:39:37 > 0:39:41and the old 78s were sold to a collector for £55,
0:39:41 > 0:39:48giving the Great One a total profit on the lot of £59.36 after fees.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Her remaining lots, she sold online.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55The reliquary made a small but blessed profit of £2.10.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01The World War I officer's record
0:40:01 > 0:40:05and photos sold for a loss of £61.09.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14And the plate sold for a shattering loss of £29.38 after fees.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17So, after losses like these,
0:40:17 > 0:40:20can Katherine the Great still grab the winner's crown
0:40:20 > 0:40:22or will the Charmer's last silver deal
0:40:22 > 0:40:24bring him rattling back into the frame?
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Both our ace antiques agent have given this battle their all.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35They each had £1,000 to spend at the auction in Stansted Mountfitchet.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Charlie kept it simple with four lots,
0:40:37 > 0:40:42spending £781.20 including restoration fees,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46while Katherine splashed out on nine purchases
0:40:46 > 0:40:51with a total spend of £856.90 including framing costs.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55But the only thing that matters from here on in is profit.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58All the money Charlie and Katherine have made from today's challenge
0:40:58 > 0:41:00will be going to charities of their choice.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04So without further ado, it's time to find out
0:41:04 > 0:41:08who is today's Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is champion.
0:41:11 > 0:41:16- Hello, you.- Lovely to see you. - My Charmer.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19How did you do? That auction! It was quite exciting.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21I was quite pleased with what I bought.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23You bought hundreds of things!
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Every time I looked round, there you were, bidding.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- When a girl's got to buy, a girl's got to buy.- Did you sell them all?
0:41:29 > 0:41:33I did, actually, I did. The rocking horse was quite fun.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37The rocking horse was nice. I liked the rocking horse and I marked it in my catalogue.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41But you must be rattling with success, I'm sure.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45Ho-ho-ho-ho! Very good. My rattle did well.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Sold it to a silver dealer and I'm thrilled with the profit.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- He was actually at the auction. - Really?- Yeah, but he didn't want all the other bits,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54so that was what you call an easy sale.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Come on, then. Show me what you've got, Higgins.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- Well, I'm feeling quite confident here.- I'm not surprised, really.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05- One, two, three!- OK.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Oh!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Yes, girl power wins the day!
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Do you know, Katherine, you're twice as good as I am?
0:42:15 > 0:42:17And I'm going to buy you a very small lunch.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19To be expected, darling.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22So Katherine's group buying strategy really paid off for her,
0:42:22 > 0:42:27but how much did that ghastly ring go for in the end?
0:42:27 > 0:42:31I guess, budget, in my mind, was about 300, 350.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36I think it would be lovely if we could settle on...
0:42:36 > 0:42:38approaching 400.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42- I'd be comfortable with that.- OK. I think 400's a really good price.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45You will be the belle of the ball. £400.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49So that one ornate item gave Katherine the Great
0:42:49 > 0:42:52a fantastic profit of £300.80.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57I think I did quite well.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Just... Girls have the winning edge - it's quite true, it's evident.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04We can do it. Charlie, for an experienced auctioneer,
0:43:04 > 0:43:06I did expect better things.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10I have succumbed to girl power.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13I thought I'd done quite well, really, my profit was chunky.
0:43:13 > 0:43:18But hers was outrageous. She's very good.
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Well, can our crestfallen Charmer turn it all around?
0:43:22 > 0:43:26Charlie attempts to take Katherine's crown tomorrow
0:43:26 > 0:43:30when the battle commences at the Ardingly Antiques Fair in West Sussex.
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